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League of Legends 13.18 Patch Notes: Tryndamere and Jarvan nerfs, more

Terry Oh

Publish Date: September 12, 2023

The brand new League of Legends patch notes provide a hefty amount of champion balance. Targeted towards stabilizing the meta, League of Legends 13.18 adjusts a couple of outliers in the game.

This time around, Riot pre-released the patch notes. They also provided some context surrounding the changes, thereby attempting to help understand the update as effectively as possible. For Riot Phroxzon’s analysis of the changes, check out the link posted below.

What’s changing in League of Legends 13.18?

Jarvan IV nerfed

The exemplar of Demacia has been overperforming for the past couple of patches. In Riot’s words, “We knew J4 would benefit from Gore and Shojin buffs, but pre-emptively nerfing him, only to need to nerf him again wouldn’t be great.

“Now that we know how the buffs have landed, we have greater confidence for how much to nerf, where and for what skill brackets. We think his damage is over the line, given how durable he is and how many more casts he gets.”

Tryndamere nerfed

In Riot’s words, “Tryndamere is OP right now, so all the frustrating things he does are amplified.

“He’ll still be a frustrating champion to play against, but we hope less so, when he’s not also overpowered. The changes hopefully mean he’s less likely to randomly win the lane at level 1/2 and be easier to collapse on/burn his ult later in the game.”

Full League of Legends 13.18 patch notes

Champion Buffs

Irelia

R CD: 140-100 >>> 125-85

Gwen

Health Growth: 109 >>> 115 — Monster Cap: 6 +10% AP >>>10 + 15% AP

Kennen

E Energy Cost: 100-80 >>> 80 — R CD: 120 >>> 120-80

Senna

Critical Strike Damage: 91.5% >>> 100% — W AoE hits now count towards P proc

Thresh

W Shield: 50-130 +15 per Soul >>> 50-130 + 2.0 per Soul

Champion Nerfs

Jarvan IV

Passive % Health Damage: 8% >>> 6%

Kayn (Red/Darkin)

Passive Healing: 20-30% >>> 25% — R AD Ratio: 13% per 100 AD >>> 10% per 100 AD

Rell

E Move Speed: 15-25% >>> 12-20% (Doubled when running toward an enemy or your target)

Tryndamere

Base AD: 68 >>>66 — Health per Level: 115 >>> 108

Xayah

Base Health: 660 >>> 630 — Health Growth: 102 >>>107 — E CD: 11-9 >>> 13-9

Champion Adjustments

Bard

P Out of Combat Move Speed Max Stacks: 5>>10 — Stack Duration: 7 >> 20

W now uses ammo (max 2) — W CD/Ammo Charge Time: 14>>18 — W Shrine Charge Time: 10 >> 5

W Move Speed: 30% decaying over 1.55 >> 20%-30% + 0.05% AP decaying over 1.55

System Buffs

Stormrazor

Attack Damage: 50 >>> 55

System Nerfs

Spear of Shojin

Attack Damage: 60 >>> 55

System Adjustments

Crown of the Shattered Queen

Ability Power: 70 >>> 85 — Removed: Poise (10-40 AP during Safeguard)

Safeguard: 75% for 1.5 seconds >>> 40% for 2.5 seconds

Statikk Shiv

Attack Damage: 45 >>> 50 — Minion Energize: 250-350 >>> 200

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